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...hard to tell where Tina Fey ends and Sarah Palin begins. Even before Fey lampooned Palin on Saturday Night Live--the updo, the wink, the syntax--people noted the resemblance. And for a politician new to the national stage, being likened to the intelligent, witty, popular Fey was not exactly a bad thing...
This question is often asked in a whisper. Why? Because so many people believe the answer is an ugly one: bias, prejudice, racism--take your pick. Some attribute it to something less distasteful: Obama's unfamiliarity, his "exotic" background, his comparatively recent emergence on the political stage. The doubters--they would call themselves realists--often assert that these are just euphemisms for prejudice, a way of camouflaging what lies beneath...
...year,” says HCC president Elizabeth S. Weiss ’09. The real question is, however, how long does each of the 5,000 to 7,000 students who attend stick around after grabbing a soggy hotdog and wishing someone else were performing on stage...
...Format fatigue only helped Obama, because the town-hall-style debate doesn't feel dangerous anymore. No one is going to be caught checking his watch. No one will take the stage without memorizing the price of a gallon of milk and a gallon of gas. And because the campaigns ultimately set the rules, no audience member will be allowed to ask a question that hasn't been screened by some higher authority...
...Wyss proposal comes at a time when bioengineering—one of the fastest growing concentrations in the United States—is ready to take center stage at the University. Bioengineering was identified as an important priority five years ago, Provost Steven E. Hyman said, citing the transition of DEAS into its own school last fall as an example of a heightened commitment to the applied sciences...